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Wellwood - Scotland and Kentucky

mwellwood  (View posts) Posted: 26 Feb 2007 3:15AM GMT
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My husbands middle name is Wellwood. Legend has it that someone in the family probably a Robertson married into the Wellwood family and promised to keep the name. Anything here familiar to anyone.

Direct: Robertson, Harkness, Hunley, Metcalf, Yates, McCubbin, Krebs, Linder, Urfer, Pfister, Keller

Indirect: Crawford, Reese, Quinn, Rose, Derrickson, Ballard, Rittenhouse, Jeter, HACKER, BAILER, BARKER, KEISER, Wellwood, MONCRIEF(Moncrieffe), Mc Ginnis, McCubbin, Monroe, Edwards, Johnson, Hubell, Wilson, Huntley.

Places: Dumphries Scotland, Lexington Fayette County KY, Athens Fayette County KY, Bourbon County KY, Cannel City Morgan County KY, Junction City/Danville Boyle County KY, Cincinnati Hamilton County OH, Sherburne NY, Muhlenburg Co KY, Mercer and St. Clair counties in IL.

William T Robertson Sr. married Ms. HARKNESS May be related to Janet Harkness who married William Robertson in Moffat Dumfries 17 May 1867, Mary Jane Robertson b 1868, Robert Robertson b 1874 lived in Moffatt Dumphries.

son: William T Robertson JR. immigrated to the US in 1865 naturalized through parents
born: Sep 26, 1846 - 51 in Scotland-possibly Bridge of Urr Kirkcudbrightshire but definitely somewhere in Dumphries
died: 7/18/1922 last residence 102 w 2 st in Lexington, Fayette Cty, KY
69 on the 1920 census. 62 on the 1910 census.
Richard Robertson died July 18, 1882 buried with William T may be his son or brother or whatever...
married: abt 1870 married 40 years on 1910 apr 21 census had 4 children living in 1910
Susan (Susie) A Hunley (b1848 in Athens KY d 1/10/1920 age 72) 72 on the 1920, 62 on the apr 21 1910 census
parents: Allen METCALF Hunley born in KY and
Mary Elizabeth YATES born in Bourbon county KY abt 1822 may have died 7/17/1910 age 88.
married 24 Dec 1839 in Paris Bourbon Cty KY by Edward Darnaby JR.
brother: Richard Hunley born Fayette County he married Sarah CRAWFORD
Children: 1.Wilber married a QUINN from Cincinnati and worked for Herald Leader
2. Mazzie married to a William DeWitt REES in Clark County IN
a. Samuel DeWitt REES b. Vera Ione REES married James F Hunley Prescott AZ, Cleveland OH, Lexington KY, Lakeside Park KY
3. Jessie McCubbin (41 in 1920)
4. Samuel H (28 in 1910) died 12/1/1910
5. William T Robertson died June 23, 1887

Jessie McCubbin Robertson (b 5/12/1879 d 1/31/1946 age 66 yrs 8 mo 19 days)
married Gottleib Wilhelm Krebs LINDER URFER Children: 1. William married Nora ROSE of Clay City KY
2. Alvis Ione married Brown DERRICKSON
3. Emile married Ruby Ballard in Cannel City
4. David Wellwood Sr. married Rita FISTER KELLER of Lexington KY Father-George-Mother Rose
5. Lynn married a RITTENHOUSE
6. Sue Mildred married Lawrence Jeter

Other associated names: Edwards family of Walnut Hall Farm, Wingate. Johnson (Johnston) Family. Perhaps through Sarah Anne Robertson who married John Hubell Edwards. She died 12/11/1891 in Harris County TX. Also, Sophia Penelope Monroe Edwards (14 oct 1835 - mother Sally Willson Naylor -28 nov 1920), who married Rueben Huntley (1835-1924) b Sherburne, NY died Galesburg IL.

Other associated places: Danville, Junction City, Sherburne NY, Muhlenburg Co KY, Mercer and St. Clair counties in IL.

May be related to Janet Harkness and Mary Jane Robertson b 1868 and Robert Robertson b 1874 in Moffat, Dumphries.

Other associated names: HACKER, BAILER, BARKER, REESE, KEISER, Wellwood, MONCRIEF(Moncrieffe), Mc Ginnis, McCubbin, Monroe

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